If a previously stable creole community experiences increased, sustained contact with the superstrate language, which consequence follows?

💡 Explanation

Decreolization occurs because continuous exposure to the superstrate language causes the creole to lose its unique features, aligning closer to the standard language due to language contact-induced change. This results in grammatical and lexical shifts, therefore the answer is decreolization, rather than pidginization which occurs in the initial stages of contact.

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